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6:15 PM ET, March 17, 2016

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New York Times:
Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton  —  In unusually candid remarks, President Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors last Friday that Senator Bernie Sanders is nearing the point where his campaign against Hillary Clinton will come to an end …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:   Obama is increasingly involved in the 2016 presidential campaign
Sean Illing / Salon:
I'm with Hillary in November: Listen up, fellow Bernie supporters — you must get behind Clinton to stop Donald Trump
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Gingrich: I'm ‘Not Sympathetic’ …
Discussion: Allen B. West
Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Lindsey Graham to fundraise for Ted Cruz's presidential bid  —  (CNN)In a sign of just how much the Republican presidential primary has turned the party on its head, Sen. Lindsey Graham will host a fundraiser on Monday in support of Sen. Ted Cruz.
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David Montgomery / Twin Cities:
Candid Marco Rubio blasts Trump and media, calls Cruz ‘only conservative left in the race’  —  Former presidential candidate Marco Rubio told a group of Minnesota supporters Wednesday he is hoping one of the remaining candidates for president will stop Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination.
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Even Lindsey Graham Knows It's Weird That He's Backing Ted Cruz
Discussion: Washington Post
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Lindsey Graham Offers to Help Ted Cruz After Disparaging Him for Months
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Statement From Conservatives Against Trump  —  This morning I participated in a meeting of grassroots conservative activists from around the country who are committed to opposing Donald Trump.  We have agreed to release the statement below:  —  We are a group of grassroots conservative activists …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP operatives, conservative leaders meet to thwart Trump … A secretive group of Republican operatives and conservative leaders convened Thursday morning for more than three hours to discuss ways to unite the right against Donald Trump, with a presentation about the feasibility of mounting …
Discussion: Hot Air
CNN:
Grassley: If I can meet with a ‘dictator,’ I can meet with Garland  —  Hatch: SCOTUS vacancy last November would've made difference  — Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said he is willing to meet with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland  — “If I can meet with a dictator in Uganda …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg Business:
Supreme Court Fight Enters New Phase as Garland Meets Senators
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cornyn: Supreme Court nominee in lame duck is ‘a terrible idea’
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan admonishes Trump for ‘riot’ remark
Peggy Lee / WNEP-TV:
Religious Sister Charged with Shoplifting Coffee, Soap … BRIAR CREEK — State police in Columbia County say they nabbed a very unlikely thief: a religious sister.  —  Troopers tracked the woman to her convent in Danville after she allegedly shoplifted from a store.
Discussion: Associated Press, WHNT-TV and KTLA
Eli Lake / BloombergView.com:
Cruz Assembles an Unlikely Team of Foreign-Policy Rivals  —  In a year when the Republican Party is breaking apart because of Donald Trump, the only man left with a chance to beat him is trying to build a big tent — by GOP standards — when it comes to foreign affairs.
Joel Manby / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed SeaWorld CEO: We're ending our orca breeding program.  Here's why.  —  A killer whale raises its head out of the water during the first show since an orca killed a trainer at the SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Fla. on Feb. 27, 2010.  —  Americans' attitudes about orcas have changed dramatically.
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Bloomberg Business:
Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat  —  Alphabet executives questioned path to marketable products  —  Toyota, Amazon are among possible acquirers of division  —  The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary.
Paul Watson / Infowars:
How the GOP Elite Plan To Rob Donald Trump  —  Cleveland, ladies and gentlemen, won't be for the faint of heart  —  Shhhh.  I've just come from a meeting of the Republican Establishment.  You know, those guys who want to replace what the voters want with what they want.  That Republican Establishment.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Sean Hannity: If GOP Elites Steal Nomination from Trump or Cruz, “I'm Walking” (VIDEO)
Discussion: TPNN and BizPac Review
Nancy Gibbs / TIME:
Here's the Full Transcript of TIME's Interview With Apple CEO Tim Cook  —  The chief executive of the world's most powerful tech company on your privacy, America's security, and his fight with the FBI  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with TIME's Nancy Gibbs and Lev Grossman on March 10 …
Discussion: Hit & Run, Mashable, Mediaite and The Loop
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Lev Grossman / TIME:
Inside Apple CEO Tim Cook's Fight With the FBI
Discussion: NBC News
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Faces National Security Establishment ‘Uprising’ Over Emails  —  Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is facing an “uprising” in the national security establishment prompted by long-standing anger about her cavalier handling of classified materials and government secrets.
Discussion: LawNewz, Mashable, Judicial Watch and TPNN
Charles Murray / American Enterprise Institute:
An open letter to the Virginia Tech community  —  Last week, the president of Virginia Tech, Tim Sands, published an “open letter to the Virginia Tech community” defending lectures delivered by deplorable people like me (I'm speaking on the themes of Coming Apart on March 25).
FOX5 San Diego:
Navy finds dog thought to be lost at sea for 5 weeks  —  CORONADO, Calif. - A German Shepard puppy thought to be lost at sea after she fell overboard was found on San Clemente Island by the US Navy.  —  Luna, an 18-month-old dog, had been on a fishing boat when she went overboard, U.S. Navy officials said.
Discussion: Althouse, KTLA, AOL and WGN-TV
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Simpsons’ Writer Who Predicted Trump Presidency in 2000: “It Was a Warning to America”  —  It “just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom,” Dan Greaney recalls.  —  It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose.
Discussion: Red Alert Politics and Raw Story
Ben Oldach / WHOTV:
Waitress Stiffed: ‘Tips are only for normal-looking people’ … DES MOINES, Iowa — A popular waitress at a popular restaurant closed out one of her table's Tuesday night when she found a note from her patron.  —  “At first, I felt really upset, I felt attacked, I almost felt …
Discussion: abc13.com
WRAL-TV:
Trump rally assault victim applauds discipline of Cumberland County deputies  —  CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C. — The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said that five deputies have been disciplined in connection with the assault of Rakeem Jones at a Donald Trump rally in Fayetteville on March 9.
FOX5 San Diego:
Bumble Bee tuna recalled because of possible deadly bacteria in cans  —  SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based Bumble Bee Foods announced Wednesday a recall of more than 31,500 cases of canned chunk light tuna because the tuna may have been contaminated during processing.
 
 
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rubio: I won't be anyone's VP
WOOD-TV:
Man charged for allegedly pouring acid on girlfriend
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Tammy Mutasa / WLWT-TV:
Police: Franklin woman arrested following death of 4-year-old stepson
Discussion: Q13 FOX News and Raw Story
FOX31 Denver:
Arvada clerk rescues baby as mom collapses
Discussion: Fox News Insider, KTLA and WCMH-TV
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
WATCH: Elijah Cummings annihilates Michigan governor Rick Snyder during Flint hearing
Discussion: Daily Kos and addictinginfo.org
Melissa Jeltsen / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Is Successfully Conning The Entire Country
Zoë Heller / The New York Review of Books:
Hillary & Women  —  Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Black Lives Matter And Progressives Are Trying To Organize Against Donald Trump
Discussion: Fayetteville Observer and Vox
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Hamilton May Stay on the $10 Bill, Thanks to Help From Broadway
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Half of U.S. women have ‘very unfavorable’ view of Trump: poll
Discussion: Fusion, Washington Post and Hot Air
Sky News:
An election video from Republican front runner Donald Trump has hit a sour note in Russia …
Discussion: Western Journalism and The Hill
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Rabbis call for boycott of Trump's speech to pro-Israel group
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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